Thinking Union: Activism and Education in Canada's Labour Movement

by D'Arcy Martin

Over the past seventeen years, trade union educator D'Arcy Martin has conducted hundreds of courses for Canadian workers. He has learned that there are people-"conscious romantics"-who dream of a more egalitarian world while confronting the obstacles that stand in the way of building it. This book provides a refreshing personal account of union culture and its dynamics.

176 pages, Paperback

First published May 20, 1995

Reviews

[Holly · Rating 3 out of 5]

By the title, I was expecting more advice and tools and not just an account of someone that worked with unions, so in that respect it was kind of disappointing.

[Jazmin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I went into this book with a misunderstanding of what it is about and that coloured my opinion of it. It is a lot more memoir than I was prepared for. I did enjoy it and garner some interesting tidbits here and there, but I don’t think I would have picked it up had I known what I was in for.

I loved the Canadian perspective and content though! It’s tough to find non-American stuff and this book fits the bill in that category.